Ever drive down Nations Ford Road and wonder what those towers are? I have an office not too far from there and I get a crazy feeling every time I drive by those WBT radio towers that have been there since the 1930’s when Grady Cole used to be the only radio voice in the [...][Continue Reading...]

Yesterday, I watched one of the best golf tournaments I’ve ever seen. It was a dog fight to the very end and anyone of about 6 could have won it. The British Open is actually where the game was founded long before America even thought of golf courses. I love the game of golf and [...][Continue Reading...]

The Grand Strand is full of history, starting more than 500 years ago when the area was inhabited by Waccamaw Indians. Colonists formed Prince George Parish in 1730. Plans for Georgetown were made and it became the center of America’s colonial rice empire; a stable food for the colonies. Prior to the Civil War, plantation [...][Continue Reading...]

Central Piedmont Community College Summer Theater has another stellar season underway. The first show of the season is running at Halton Theatre at CPCC…the famous, 75 year old Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma and it is a showstopper. Final performances are this weekend. The beauty of this production is the 34 member cast. When they hit [...][Continue Reading...]

I found this among my old collection of business cards. It’s about 40 years old and belonged to Margaret (Sparky) Sparkman, the famous National Gourd Lady of trade shows and festivals. She sold artistically designed gourds decorated as animals, figurines, or soup ladles. Sparky saw a character in every plant she grew. She was so [...][Continue Reading...]

A store didn’t just close. Somebody killed excellence. When they lock the doors of a place you go into almost daily, you ask, “Hey, what’s up?” The response I got was, “They didn’t pay their lease for months and the place was shut down”…??? You don’t shut down the Taj Mahal of delis. DEAN & [...][Continue Reading...]

I’ve passed this couple walking on Sharon Road near South Park about 50 times. It’s their daily routine at about 10am. Every time I go by, I chuckle at her silly hat with the feathers sticking up. When the weather’s fair, they go out for a 2 or 3 mile walk. This time I couldn’t [...][Continue Reading...]

I love boats. Almost anything you do in or on a boat is fun. They fascinate me, but I don’t want one. I just don’t have the mechanical or electronic skills to keep one running. Not to mention navigation — I’m sure I would end up in Bermuda when my destination was Murrells Inlet. Boats [...][Continue Reading...]

You know how important it is to stay connected to your past. WBTV Studios & WBT have been media institutions in Charlotte since 1922 for the radio and 1949 for TV. Many employees worked in the company for 20+ years starting back in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. The company was owned by Jefferson Pilot [...][Continue Reading...]

The Carolinas Aviation Museum is one of the best kept secrets in Charlotte. The newest, most popular attraction is the US Airways plane, Flight 1549, that crashed into the Hudson River on January 15, 2009 headed to Charlotte. It’s on full dented display at the museum. When I walked into the big hangar I stared [...][Continue Reading...]